USF also unofficial No. 34 in preseason AP top 25

The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll was released Saturday morning, and USF earned 11 vote-points, putting them at an unofficial 34th in the balloting, the same as in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll.

Of USF's opponents, only two are ranked -- FSU is No. 7 and Louisville sneaks in at No. 25. Of the Bulls' 11 vote-points, five came from one ballot -- the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Doug Lesmerises, who had the Bulls at No. 21 in his ranking. In all five of the 60 voters included USF in their poll.

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